Pocket container for smokers&#39; refuse



Aug. 12, 1924. 1,504,399

, G. YTHORTVEDT POCKET CQNTAINER FOR SMOKERS REFUSE Filed April 18. 1922"IIIIIIIIIIIII I p 6 Goodwin Thor'fivedfl INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITN ESSLMPatented Aug. 12, 192 1.

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POCKET CONTAINER FOR SMOKERS REFUSE.

Application filed April 18, 1922. Serial No. 554,451.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that- I, GooDwIN THORTVEDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glyndon, in the county of Clay and State of Minnesota, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Pocket Containers for SmokersRefuse, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my said invention is the provision of a device adapted tobe carried in the pocket of a vest or shirt after the manner of a watchand with or without attachment to a chain, and also adapted to be usedas a convenient receptacle for cigar and cigarette stumps and ashes aswell as a receptacle for match stems and other smokers refuse.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a containerembodying means for clipping the end of a cigar, and this in such mannerthat the severed end of the cigar is received in the receptacle body ofthe device, and the opening through which the cigar end is placed forclipping is normally closedby the clipping knife member.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure1 is a perspective of my novel pocket container, the same being shown inclosed state. I

Figure 2 is an edge elevation of the container as it appears when openand with the knife member of the cigar clipping means in retractedposition.

Figure 3 is a detail section taken in the plane indicated by the line 33of Figure 2.

Similar numerals: of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel container comprises a body 1 which ispreferably made in simulation of the body of a hunting case watch. Thesaid body 1 in the preferred embodiment of my invention is provided witha stem 2 and a ring 3 on the stem in order to conduce to the simulationalluded to, and also for the convenient connection of the body 1 to awatch chain or other chain when the same is deemed expedient. On itsedge the body 1 is preferably, though not necessarily, provided with amatch scratching surface 1. In its edge wall the body 1 is provided withan opening 5 for the introduction of the end of a cigar to be clipped,it being noted in this connection that the clipped end of the cigar willbe received in the body 1. The said opening 5 is normally closed by aslidable knife member 6, appropriately guided in the edge wall of thebody 1.

In addition to the body 1 my novel container comp-rises a closure lid 7hingedly connected at 8 to the body 1 and adapted to be engaged anddetachably secured in closed position by a catch 9 carried by thebody 1. In the preferred embodiment of my invention the lid 7 isprovided at its outer side with a mirror 8. This, however, is not of theessence of my invention, and therefore the mirror may be employed or maybe altogether omitted without affecting my invention as claimed.

In the practical use of my novel container the same is adapted to beremoved from the pocket and opened after the manner of a watch, it beingunderstood in this connection that the stem 2 is preferably connectedwith the catch 9 so that release of the lid 7 will attend inwardpressure on the stem 2, and it will also be understood that when desiredthe lid 7 will be equipped like a watch lid with a spring to move thelid when released to the open position shown in Figure 2. While thecontainer is held in the hand and in open state, ashes, cigar andcigarette stumps and burnt match stems may be quickly and easily placedin the container body 1 without attracting attention or excitingcomment.

When my novel container is in closed state or in open state, the meansdescribed may be utilized to clip the end from a cigar, the cut endfalling into the container body 1, and the opening being closed by theknife member 6 coincident with the severing of the end from the majorportion of the cigar.

When desired the aperture 5 which is normally closed by the knife member6 may be utilized for the discharge of ashes from the container.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exactunderstanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to beunderstood as confining myself to the said specific construction andrelative arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of theinvention various changes and modifications may be made such as fallWithin the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claim.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

A pocket container forv smokers refuse comprising a hollow body open atone side and ha-ving'a hopper-shaped edge Wall portion and an openingtherein, a movable stem carried by said body, a catch also carried bythe body and associated with and movable by the stem, and a lid hingedlyconnected to the body and arranged to be engaged by the said catch andalso arranged when released from the catch to spring open; the said bodybeing also characterized by a movable knife member guided on the edgeWall of the body and adapted in one 20 position to close the saidopening therein.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GOODWIN THORTVEDT.

